orgelet
French, noun/ɔʁ.ʒə.lɛ/
orgelet is a French masculine noun meaning “stye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tumeur inflammatoire de la nature du furoncle et de la forme d’un grain d’orge, qui pousse près du bord libre…”.
What does orgelet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestye
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tumeur inflammatoire de la nature du furoncle et de la forme d’un grain d’orge, qui pousse près du bord libre des paupières.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of orgelet
- orgelets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orgelet?
- /ɔʁ.ʒə.lɛ/
- \ɔʁ.ʒə.lɛ\
- [ɔʁ.ʒø.l̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orgelet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orgelet in French?
orgelet appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).